Best exercise to do at home

The exercise routine that you will stick with is the best one. I will strongly recommend some real strength training but it is very important to find something you enjoy. If you want to avoid the equipment expense necessary for weight lifting then you can start a bodyweight routine or simply purchase a sandbag and go with that.

The "best" workout is a bit of a hard thing to say. The "best" one is, as the poster above me noted, one that you genuinely enjoy and will do consistently. Here are a few elements I look for when it comes to exercise for fat loss:

1) Involves resistance training in some way.

So for instance, a bodyweight at-home workout like the one here: http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/12/09/beginner-body-weight-workout-burn-fat-build-muscle/

2) Minimal rest between rounds for optimizing cardiovascular component and calorie expenditure

So basically just keeping the heart rate up while getting your strength-training on.

There are a few fitness programs out there that accomplish this if you really want to purchase something. P90x is pretty good. However, you can just make up your own programs, or take ones from online like the one I linked above.

In addition, you could do some 'interval training' outside if you were comfortable with it. Something like:

Warm-Up: 5 minute easy walk
Intervals: 5-10 rounds of 20s fast walk or jog : 40s easy walk
Cool-Down: 5 minute easy walk

Hope this answers your question, let me know if you have any other questions!

The best for me is a treadmill personally. I decided to finally cave and get one because I get bored just watching other people do things on my computer screen. i'm starting the C25k tomorrow.

What are your goals? Do you simply want to lose weight? Do you want to be in better shape cardio wise? Gain strength/flexibility/balance, etc? Do you want to gain/maintain muscle and look more toned?

Does your house have stairs? Jog up 'em, walk down, repeat.

I swear by Jillian Michaels' DVDs. Short, effective, doable. I do also have a treadmill, so I incorporate that as well, but DVDs like that can certainly help you tone up as well as lose weight if you are eating at a calorie deficit.

me 2!

"Best" exercises simplified, for at home:

Squats
Push ups
Deadlifts

And chin-ups

Check out blogilates lots of options on her site. I double up some of her shorter videos most days!

I've fallen head over heels in love with "dance off the inches" sizzling salsa. it's about 35 minutes with the warm up and cool down. the more I do it, the more I love it. I want to get a country line dancing one, a hip hop one, and a naughty one next.

I'm poor, so I save up for half.com impulse splurges. amazon has customer reviews of the videos.

also, I'm digging the biggest loser workout series. they're divided into "weeks," the first set is 20 minutes, the second is 10, and the third is 10 (not including warm up and cool down time). you can pick how many you want to do at a time, which is what I love best about them. if I don't have a full hour to work out, I can do 50, 40, or 30 minutes.

best of luck figuring out what you enjoy. this is a fun adventure, and you're definitely worth it!

I found that if you don't have weights and cardio equipment that one of those stretchy bands with handles on each end is handy. I hook it round the leg of a table or banister and workout from there. you can do standing rows for your back or turn around and work the chest like a standing bench press. stand on the band and do bicep curls etc. works for me anyway. test them in the shop before buying it though as they come with different levels of resistance and you dont want to buy one thats too easy to begin with.

By the way, I lost 60 lbs at home and still going!

Saun T's Hip Hop Ab's is super fun. I got it off of Amazon for about $27 I believe and I just love it. So it is not super expensive and I am getting better at it each time I do it.